Week 46 in review: OnePlus 3T announced, a trio of vivo phones too

The OnePlus 3T went official this week, the second phone by the company with a letter in its name after the OnePlus X. The 3T is a proper flagship though, unlike the X, and catch that - the 'T' is like Apple's 'S' plus one letter. For all the promises that the original OnePlus 3 will coexist alongside the 3T, the company announced it's being discontinued in the US and Europe. Oh, well.

A few other announcements took place this week, among them a total of three vivo smartphones - the V5, X9 and X9 Plus. All three sport a 20MP selfie camera, but the X's have it as part of a dual 20MP/8MP setup.

Qualcomm mentioned the Snapdragon 835 in a QuickCharge 4.0 announcement (the news really being that there may not be an 830), Meizu Pro 7 may be powered by the Kirin 960, and a smaller 5.5-inch version of the Xiaomi Mi Mix could be headed our way. LG boasted that it has sold 200,000 V20s in the US for 10 days, while analysts are painting a grim picture on the iPhone 7's sales figures for the coming months.

As usual, links to all of these stories (and some more) can be found below.

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